Cathedral Preparatory School - Literulae Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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., 14 11: 7' rf 1.-. - fs- -- 4' g r , 3.s - ..-n 'L 'Wifi l854QAmong the first Hi ' . as-. W.. .. isssuing of U pastoral lgneclal acts of Bishop Young was the the dogma of I I on the approaching declaration ol 1897-Comersto Immaculate is stiifirriacgloeltlen Cpnception. Devotion to Mary main buildinggniva? lfh-ij new St. Vincenrg Hosp-I I f eh part ol Prep the sociql an C11 in l897 Th- . . 'Q Present ' d h ' - is rnstxt t' Bishop O'Connor became our first bishop. Upon arriving in Erie, he chose St. Patrick's as his pro-Cathedral. But soon he was recalled and Bishop Ioshua M. Young was installed in his stead, May 7, 1854, One of Bishop Young's first official acts was a pastoral letter on the approaching definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Bishop Young administered the diocese wisely and well until his death in 1856. Bishop Tobias Mullen became our third ordinary in 18685 under his direction began the fast-grow- ing era of the brick and mortar priests. In the spirit of the day, Bishop Mullen outdid everyone in conceiving, building and dedicat- l9Ul-l95l-ln the fall of 1951, the then Bishop Iohn Mark Gannon celebrated his Golden lubilee as a priest ol the Erie Diocese. ln his time, diocesan history has become almost a record ol personal achievement. C a t , u n able accomplishments of tif: lsibrst-ilrlfgzes ing a great Cathedral to the Prince of the Apostles, St. Peter. In 1898, Bishop Iohn E. Fitzmaurice became Coadjutor Bishop, and upon Bishop Mullen's death the following year he became the fourth bishop of the diocese. He continued the work of his predecessor, and under his supervision St. Vincent's Hospital was rebuilt. Then, on February 6, 1918, Dr. Iohn Mark Gannon, Superintendent of Education, was consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese. Upon Bishop Fitzmaurice's death, Bishop Gannon became the fifth ordinary of the diocese, and was in- stalled Dec. 16, 1920. The age of rapid ex- pansion and golden harvest was at hand.

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the Archbishopfs dream of Prep became a realit That Christ may be formed in you . . This was both the ambition and the challenge ot the young bishop. But how could the Christ- like character be implanted? Why not a host of active young men, each imbued with an acutely Christian consciousness, to act as a leaven in the Catholic community? Why not a Cathedral School, that would combine the great ideals of education in the past, with the progressive methods ot today? On August 12, 1921, Bishop Gannon met with the pastors ot the Erie churches, and the great dream of a Cathedral Preparatory School began to take shape. Humble enough in its beginning, the school remained ever the concern to the then Bishop Gannon. Man ot vision, decisive and alert, he saw it not as it Was, but as it would be. He pushed on in the educational field to establish a junior college, which in 1941 became Gannon College. But his interests returned to the Prep School, and in 1944 a new building, modern and beautiful, was opened, Yet the work of education must ever expand, and today the Cathedral Center resounds to the clatter ot construction. Cathedral Prep is again expanding! THE DREAM . . . of a preparatory school of Catholic leadership and scholarship originated in the mind of the then Bishop lohn Mark Gannon. 8 THE 1942 new ture 1944 in N sy v H Q. Q ,N-vs. 1 .. 1 is nf' wx- . , 'S . 4 'Y . ' , Q , 5 2 1 . 1 It DREAM . . . took finer form in THE DREAM . . . expands. and now when the cornerstone of the Archbishop Gannon looks over the building was laid. The struc- plans of the new wing with Mon- was dedicated in the fall Of signor McDonald and Auxiliary Bis- hop McManaman. 1 1 lllli 1 -1 S